LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



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PACIFIC COAST SOUVENIR, 



PUBLISHED BY 



E. S. "DEN ISON 



OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 



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Copyright, i88S, by E. S. DenisoN, Oaklancl California. 



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9 THE THREE BROTHERS, YOSEMITE VALLEY. 







10 CLIFF HOUSE, AND SEAL ROCKS- SAN FRANCISCO. 



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II REST ON THE ROAD. WLLLb l-ARUU SIAGE. 




15 CHINESE STORE. S.F. 




17 DINING ROOM, HOTEL DEL MONTE. 




iS PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO. 



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21 & 22 VIEW OF FALLS, AND YOSEMITP: VALLEY. 



23 SUMMIT STATION, C. P. R. R. 




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24 STEAMER PIEDMONT. 




26 STATE UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS, CAL. 




27 WELLS FARGO STAGE. 




29 CASTLE ROCKS. (Shasta Koute.) 




30 CARMEL MISSION. MONTEREY. 



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32 MISSION, SAN XAVIER, NEAR TUCSON, ARIZONA. 




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35 1 HE PAVILION, GARFIELD BEACH, GREAT SAi.i i..vrvc.. l lAH. 




36 GOLDL.X GAIL lAKK, .-sAN I- L. .:. l, ib-JCJ, CONSERVATORY AND 

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39 DEVIL'S SLIDE. 



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44 ROGUE RIVER VALLEY, OREGON. 




45 INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SANTA BARBARA iMISSION. 




46 MOSS 



DESCRIPTION OF VIEWS. 



^- DRIVING THE LAST SPIKE. The Central Pacilic Railroad 
Company filed their certificate of incorporation at Sacramento on June 28, 
1861. The railroad was completed eight years later, the last spike being 
driven at Promontory, Utah, May 9, 1869, upon which memorable day there 
was great joy along the Pacific coast. 

" All honor to the work ! All praise 
To men through whose devotion 
Nature novv kneels in open ways 
From ocean unto ocean ! " 

2- CAPITOL AT SACRAMENTO. The capital city of California is 
Sacramento, situated on the river of that name, about forty miles from tide- 
water. This was the most important town in California in early days, and 
was the starting point of the Central Pacific Railroad. The capitol building 
is a conspicuous and rather imposing one, which serves as a landmark for the 
country folk for leagues and leagues around, and is the last notable object 
visible as the eastbound traveller winds around the Cape Horn cliff just 
beyond Colfax. 

3- AROUND THE BIG BEND. <0" ^'^'-' Shasta Route.) At the 
eighteenth crossing of the Sacramento Ri\cr. the ruggedness of the country 
has made it necessary for the road and the river to part company, and in the 
climl) around the Ifig IJend some of the most picturesque caiion scenery of 
the whole country is displayed — such as the Sacramento Cafion, the River, 
Scott Mountains, etc. By the bluffs of basalt and banks of lava to be seen 
here, one realizes his near approach to the old volcano. Indeed, these are 
the foothills of Shasta. 

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"*• THE "SOLANO.' The transfer-boat •" Solano," plying and carrying 
railroad trains between Port Costa and Benicia, over the Straits of Carquinez, 
is said to be the largest craft of her class ever built. Length, 424 feet; ex- 
treme width over guards, 116 feet; registered tonnage, 3541 tons. 

5. EL CAPITAN, El Capitan is the northern portal of the gates to 
Yosemite ; of it, Prof. J. D. Whitney says: "It is doubtful if anywhere in 
the world there is presented so squarely cut, so lofty, and so imposing a face 
of rock." 

It is an absolutely solid block of granite, apparently without seam, fissure, 
or strata line for a height of 2300 feet, and is an appropriate emblem of eternal 
strength and grandeur. 

If the traveller will take the trouble to climb the talus or debris pilesa long 
the foot of El Capitan, and measure the great trees growing thereon, wipe his 
brow, and climb down again, he will realize, in a feeble sort of way, the mag- 
nitude of this stupendous door post of the Yosemite. 

6- THE GREAT TELESCOPE. The refracting telescope of the 
Lick Observatory wears the belt at present as the largest in the world. It has 
a clear aperture of thirty-six inches. A disk of flint-glass for the object-lens, 
thirty-eight inches across and one hundred and seventy kilogrammes in 
weight, was cast at the establishment of M. Feil, in Paris, early in 1882. It 
may be regarded as the highest triumph so far achieved in the art of optical 
glass-making. This great glass, it is supposed, will apparently bring the 
moon down to within thirty miles of the earth, and will no doubt spy out new 
worlds on the confines of creation which have never yet been gazed upon by- 
man. 

■7- LICK OBSERVATORY. (Inner coast range. Elevation, 4440 
feet.) Situated about fifty-five miles southeast of San Francisco, Mount 
Hamilton lies far enough inland to escape the sea-fog, which rarely drifts up 
to its lofty crest, the best authorities granting it to be the finest observing 
location in the United States. The late James Lick selected this spot himself, 
spending a night upon this lonely summit after he had passed his eightieth 
year, and made a clause in his will granting $700,000 for the erection of a 
telescope '• superior to, and more powerful than, any ever yet made." At the 
present writing the observatory is about completed, and ready to be turned 
over to the State Lhiiversity, and is already classed as one of California's 
great wonders, being all and more than its famous projector had dreamed of. 

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8 & 15. CHINESE BUILDINGS. Chinatown a.s a whole (sometimes 
spelled without a 70), is doul)lless a rather deep-stained blot on the fair 
escutcheon of San Francisco. But there are some redeeming features of 
interest in it — one in particular being the queer things sold and eaten, wiiicli 
look like neither fish, flesh, nor fowl, and 3-et a combination of all three. 
Travellers should take a walk through the stores, and notice among other 
things the stolid and highly philosophical way the Celestials have of dispens- 
ing groceries and other strange-looking and questionable edibles ; but if they 
want a really good cup of tea, or a splendid dinner, don't go to a Chinese 
restaurant [ 

9- POMPOMPASUS. (Vosemite Valley. Elevation, 8000 ft.) Waw- 
havvke (the falling rocks), sometimes called Pompompasus (leaping-frog 
rocks), but now popularly known as the Three Brothers group, rises at its 
highest point to an elevation of 3830 feet above the valley, or nearly 8000 
feet above sea level. The most familiar view of this group is to be had a 
short distance above El Capitan. where its colossal heights (or depths !) are 
beautifully mirrored in the clear waters of Merced River. Pompompasus, 
like every other feature of Yosemite, has a peculiar beauty and interest of its 
own ; and though it exhibits a frow^iing, unapproachable wall from the floor 
of the vallev. it may be reached from the high land above. 

10. CLIFF HOUSE. (Near San Francisco.) The Clitif House is the 
" Land's End" of the West. The i)roud waves of the Pacific here raise an 
invincible barrier against the westward march of civilization's star. The view 
from the Clifif looks down over the Seal Rocks and its noisy sea-hogs, the 
Golden Gate, the lighthouse on the bluff, the frowning walls of Mt. Tamalpais, 
Point Reyes, the Farallone Islands, and the boundless ocean. Everybody 
goes to the Cliff now-a-days ; it is easily, quickly, and cheapl\- reached, and 
amjilv repavs one for the time it takes to make the trip. 

11 & 27. RESTING ON THE GRADE. (^-^" ^'le Shasta Route.) This 
is a view of the old-time transportation days, when Wells, Fargo & Co.'s messen- 
ger carried a gun, the passenger carried a black bottle, and the driver carried 
everything ahead of him. The country, over which the traveller now skims in 
ease and elegance in a day, then took, under the most favorable circumstances, 
nearly a week with the very best horseflesh in the country ; and in the winter, 
it took — until you got there. Yet it had its joys, that long stage ride. The 
traveller had time to enjov the thousand and one charming views along the 

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way, the fresh, invigorating mountain air gave him an appetite that enabled 
h.im to do justice to the excellent dinners at the old taverns, and it gave him 
a much clearer notion of the vast extent of the country. 

12. TOSEMITE VALLEY. (Elevation. 4030 ft.) This cleft, or 
gorge, or chasm, of the Sierra Nevada is not alone wonderful for the vertical- 

ty of its walls, its profound depths, and its dizzy heights. It has a hundred 
beautiful attractions that combine to place it in the front rank of scenic won- 
ders of the world. The floor of the valley is about 4000 feet above sea level, 
the walls rise from 3000 to 6000 feet above the floor, and back of these won- 
derful battlements rise a hundred snowy peaks of the Sierra, from 2000 to 
4000 feet higher still. It i5 a kingdom of giants, a coterie of wonders, a 
cluster of marvels. Neither the Alps, nor the Himalayas, nor the Pyrenees, 
nor any othef country have a Yosemite. It stands alone, and unapproachable 
in its grandeur. 

13. SISKIYOU SUMMIT. (On the Shasta Route.) This is the 
crossing of the Siskiyou Mountains, a geographical barrier between California 
and Oregon, a transverse ridge that marks the dividing line between the 
Sierra and tlie Cascades. The length of tunnel No. 13, at the sunuiiit, is 
3108 feet; its elevation, 4134 feet. The grade over these mountains is about 
the steepest railroad climbing in the United States, reaching the ^.^ figure in 
some instances, or 174 feet to the mile. From near the south portal of tunnel 
No. 13 a very grand view is obtained of Pilot Knob, — the Sierra, Shasta, 
Scott Mountains, and the coast ranges. 

14 & 38. MUIR'S PEAK. (O''' I'le Shasta Route.) Muir's Peak, named 
in honor of Mr. John Muir, Californian scientist, stands guard at the northern 
end of Strawberry Valley. Its elevation is about 6500 feet ; it looks like a litde 
brother of Shasta, and, but for its huge parent, would be thought an object 
of great interest in itself. There are five well-defined volcanic cones on and 
around it, and the railroad winds about its base, affording fine views of its 
symmetrical pine slopes. 

16. CAP OP LIBERTY AND NEVADA PALL. (Yosemite Val- 
ley. I^levation, 8050 ft.) The Cap of Liberty is one of those rounded, ice- 
polished domes of granite that occur frequently throughout the Sierra in 
general, and the Yosemite in particular. It rises to an elevation of 2000 feet 

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almost perpendicularly above its base, and, though apparently inaccessible, 
may be ciiiile comfortably climbed from its eastern side. It stands guard . 
over tlie two grandest cataracts of the Merced River, — namely, the Nevada 
and Vernal Falls, — their combined heights being over one thousand feet. 
The Nevada Fall, Yosemite Valley, 650 feet in height, is. in every respect, 
one of the grandest waterfalls in tlie world. The fall is not quite perpendic- 
ular, as there is. near the summit, a ledge of rock which, receiving a portion of 
the water, throws it aside in a jjcculiar manner, adding greatly to its beauty- 

17&19. HOTEL DEL MONTE. (()„ Monterey Bay.) The name 
••Hotel del .Monte" is now synonymous with whatsoever things are lovely, 
comfortable, home-like, and elegant. All that money, good taste, and experi- 
ence can do toward making a perfect seaside resort, has been done here. It 
should also be observed that Nature had evidently anticipated some such idea, 
for she carved the hillsides, and crowned them with forests ; she rounded the 
bay-shore lines and smoothed out the beach ; she planted might}' oaks and 
majestic pines, and attended to all the other small yet beautiful details ; and 
everything being so favorable, it is not wonderful that this should now be a 
world-famous resort. Space forbids any particulars here regarding the man- 
agement or accommodations of tliis mammoth hotel, or of its many attrac- 
tions. Suffice it to say that all the necessities and luxuries of living are to be 
had at its table : all the comforts and conveniences of home are to be had in 
its parlors and grand suites ; all manners of recreations and amusements are 
to be found upon its spacious grounds : all sorts and kinds of shrubs and 
flowers are to be found bordering its grassy lawns ; cool, shady retreats 
abound, and retired walks down toward the lake, and over all an atmosphere 
balmy, bracing, and beneficent. And mark you, gentle traveller (an item not 
so poetical as practical), a man does not need to be a plumber or a bloated 
bondholder to afford the luxury of staying over night at this place — the rates 
are exceedingly moderate. Three and a half hours' travel from San Francisco, 
through the choicest and most beautiful of California's valleys, brings you to 
Del Monte, and no one can afford not to go who is visiting this coast, and 
wishes to enjoy its best things. 

18 PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO. ^^-,^, ,,,,,,, Hotel. San 
Francisco, occupying an entire block, ••or nearly two and a cjuarter acres," 
is one of the most striking features of San Francisco. It contains 750 rooms, 
reserved e.xclusively for guests. Standing in the courtyard, in which is ample 

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room for a considerable number of carriages, and looking upward, the visitor will 
notice the balconies of the seven lofty stories, the immense glass roof, beneath 
which are graceful urns and vases containing tropical plants in luxuriant growth. 

20. "^^^ ROYAL GORGE, -phe Royal Gorge, " D. & R. G. Rail- 
road," is the climax of the sublimity of the Grand Canon of the Arkansas, 
through which the river makes its way to the plains. 

The (lOrge lies midwa\' in this wonderful chasm, and the best view can be 
obtained from the famous hanging bridge ; here the walls of the Canon rise 
2600 feet above the track. 

21 & 22. THE YOSEMITB FALLS. Yosemite Valley, consist of a 
series of three falls, the total height of which is 2600 feet. The water com- 
mences its descent with a leap of 1500 feet ; it then makes its way in a series 
of cascades equal to 670 feet perpendicular, the distance thus traversed being 
about one-third of a mile ; it then takes a final plunge of 430 feet. The sway- 
ing to and fro of the water in its first fall has a most beautiful effect. 

23 THE SUMMIT OF THE SIERRA. (Qn the C. P. R. R. 

Elevation, 7017 ft.) Possibly some conception of the grandeur of this saw- 
tooth range may be gained when the summit is reached, the lowest point over 
which the iron-horse could climb being nearly one and a half miles above the 
sea. This elevation is attained in less than one hundred miles of travel. 

24. THE FERRY-BOAT "PIEDMONT." ^his is one of the large, 
handsome ferry-boats of the Southern Pacific Company, which ply between 
Oakland and San Francisco. Safety, speed, and elegance are the main char- 
acteristics of this fleet of transports, which carried during the year 1887 over 
seven millions of people across the bay. 

25. CAPE HORN. ^Qn the C. P. R. R. Elevation, 2600 ft.) Cape 
Horn, located a few miles east of Colfax, is the first of the heavy climbing 
across the Sierra. As the train rounds this point, the view on every hand is 
grand and awe-inspiring. Sheer down two thousand feet is the American 
river, like a narrow green ribbon, winding around great ])luffs and losing itself 
in the distant forests. Here, too, peak beyond peak, through the blue haze 
rises the snowy Sierra. From this promontory the new-comer gets his first 

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extended view of California, stretcliint;' down over fifty miles of foothills riclilv 
wooded, across the great valleys, and clear to the coast range one hundred 
and fifty miles away. 

26. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Directly fronting the Golden 
date, on a gently sloping foothill of the Contra Costa Hills, there are located 
the State University of California and the smart town of Berkeley. Of the 
faculty, libraries, and the general apparatus for sliding the freshman into a 
scholarship, it is said there are few if any places in the great West equal to the 
Berkeley Uni\-ersity. San Francisco has some bone-sawyers and fine lawyers 
who went "through this mill"; and once in a while one of them escaped, 
and may now be found cultivating looo-acre farms on truly scientific grounds : 
but wherever thc_\' arc found they are ])roud of their Alma Mater, and generallv 
the admiration is mutual. 

28. SAN FRANCISCO. San Francisco, the principal city of California, 

has not at the present writing reached her fortieth birthday ; therefore, cer- 
tainly, not her prime. Her population is supposed to be about 300,000 : 
jjerhaps over, not under, that figure. Her situation geographically and com- 
mercially is certainly a very proud one ; looking west to the commerce of Asia 
and Oceanica, north to the vast fisheries of Alaska and the illimitable resources 
of the Northwestern States, east and south over territories of enormous extent 
and capabilities. Practically she is without a rival. The growth of San 
Francisco, considering her former isolation, has been a steady and grand one. 
She has had some severe setbacks from one source and another, but is now 
on the certain and safe road to a great future. Her public buildings are, as a 
rule, creditable, lacking, it is true, the stone grandeur and solidity of other 
country towns, and her business houses and residences are, barring the color 
of the paint, attractive. The situation of the city is a commanding one, it 
having been apparently laid out as our forefathers did their highways, — from 
the top of one hill to the top of another, — which has led to the introduction 
of the most convenient system of street transportation in the world. San 
Francisco may well be proud of her cable cars. She cannot, however, boast 
of the condition of her streets, her system of sewerage, and a number of other 
points upon which great imjjrovements will doubtless soon be made. 

29. CASTLE ROCKS. (On the Shasta Route.) This castellated ridge 
of granite is a sj)ur of the Trinitv Mountains, which attains an elevation of 

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4000 feet above the river, and 6000 feet above sea level. Perhaps the best 
view to be had of Castle Rocks from the railroad is at Castle Creek, although 
their spires, minarets, and domes are visible occasionally through the forest 
for several miles. Their place in scenic interest hereabouts is next to Mount 
Shasta. 

30. CARMEL MISSION. This mission church, prior to its lestoration, 
was the most picturesque ruin in California. It was built by Father Lunipero 
Serra, in 1770, the pioneer apostle in California, whose dust lies in its quiet 
churchyard. It is located, as such buildings all are, in the most commanding, 
beautiful, and fruitful spots in the country. The walls are of adobe ; the 
original timbers were hewn from the solid log ; strips of raw hide were inter- 
laced with the rafters, and upon them were laid the curious-looking red tiles — 
a cumbersome yet most excellent roof. The interest that once clustered 
around this building is in some measure gone since it has been repaired and 
modernized. 

31. MOUNT SHASTA. (From Strawberry Valley, on the Sliasta 
Route.) We shall have to be contented with a few statistics in our descrip- 
tion of this famous butte, and assure our readers that any description, how- 
ever graphic, will fail to give an adecjuate conception of its grandeur. 

Shasta from Strawkf.krv \'ai,ley. 

Height of Main Peak i4-440 ft-et. 

Height of Lesser Peak 12,900 " 

Elevation above Valley ........ 11,032 " 

Elevation of Timber Line . . . . . . . 9,000 " 

Distance in Air Line 12 miles. 

There are five glaciers on its eastern slope ; springs of hot water very near the 
main summit; an immense crater nearly half a mile in diameter on the crown 
of the lesser peak; and there are chasms, cliffs, cataracts, and canons around 
and around it, of the wildest and most romantic character. Shasta is grandly 
isolated from the main Sierra, and certainly looks to be, if it is not, by far 
the loftiest mountain in the United States. Good views are to be had of it 
from Strawberry and Shasta Valleys. 

32. MISSION SAN XAVIER, ARIZONA. The mission San Xavier, 
at Tucson, is now over a century old, and is a type of what has been rather 
than what is, as to both its architecture and its interior embellishments. It 

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lias the gaudy decorations, the quaint towers, the chimes of old bells, the 
statues, and the bad i)aintings peculiar to the Spanish church architecture of 
last century. The old bells still call the few straggling Indians that remain in 
the country to worship within its crumbling walls. 

33. WAWONA. Wawona is the title of that particular Big Tree through 
whose heart the coach-and-six drives with so much ease and room to spare. 
It is situated on a gently sloping hillside, toward the southern portion of the 
Mariposa grove of giants {Sequoia Giganteci). When the gazer stands by the 
lead-horses' heads, and looks back through the aperture partially filled by the 
stage, allowing his eye to wander a bit on either side, he is bound to reach 
the conclusion that this is indeed a Big Tree ; but California has some trees 
quite a good deal larger than this. 

34. SALT LAKE CITY. (Elevation. 4320 ft.) Salt Lake City, with 
its notable public buildings, elegant private residences, and substantial busi- 
ness houses, lies upon the low western foothills of the Wah.satch Mountains, 
near where they melt into the plain of the great Salt Sea. It has a population 
of about 25,000, and is the centre of quite a large mining and agricultural 
community. The old Mormon temple, built while the railroad was still a 
thousand miles away, was, and indeed still is, on account of its vast seating 
capacity, wonderful organ, and unique style of architecture, one of the great 
attractions of the town ; and the new temple, now approaching completion, is 
one of the most solid and imposing edifices in the western country. The 
wide, straight streets have streams of clear, living water running through the 
town and away out into the country, giving the place a cleanly, bright aspect, 
and furnishing irrigation to the long rows of ornamental shade trees that line 
almost every thoroughfare. 

341. THE TEHACHAPI LOOP. (On the S. P. R. R. Elevation, 4025 
ft.) This famous loop, without a parallel in railroad building, was one of 
the ingenious ways devised for crossing an exceedingly rebellious range of 
mountains, which seems to be a fusion of the Sierra and the coast ranges. It 
was for a time thought entirely impracticable to traverse these mountains by 
rail, but there was finally found a will and a way; but just why the road 
crosses itself, and how it all came about, and why they couldn't have managed 
it otherwise, are not quite clear to the average traveller, and cannot be easily 
explained. 

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35. GARFIELD BEACH Garfield Beach is on the eastern shore of 
the Great Salt Lake, near the city, and is the popular bathing resort of the 
country. The extent and beautiful reflections of the lake, its islands, the 
grand Wahsatch Mountains, and the fruitful Canaan lands between, make a 
picture beautiful and unique, and one seldom met with at watering-places. 

36. GOLDEN GATE PARK. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, has 
an area of 1040 acres, and is laid out in the sliape of a parallelogram, extend- 
ing from the western portion of the city to the ocean. A detailed description 
of its attractions cannot be given here. It is easily and quickly reached by 
the Market Street Cable Car System, branching from the main line at Geary, 
McAllister, Hayes, and Haight streets. A ride along any of these branches 
affords fine views of San Francisco, and the surrounding bay and mountain 
scenery from the highlands they cross. Aside from the pleasant walks and 
drives, the glories of the conservatory, the statuary, the flowers and trees, and 
a hundred other fine things, the music of the Saturday and Sunday afternoon 
concerts is enough of itself to induce one to make the trip. 

37. VIRGINIA CITY. (Elevation, 6500 ft. Terminus of the Virginia 
and Truckee Railroad.) Virginia City is perhaps the most famous mining 
town in the world. The great Comstock lode, from which so many hundreds 
of millions of silver and gold have been taken, runs in a northerly and south- 
erly direction under the town. The energy, courage, and skill developed in 
opening up this great lode is without a parallel in mining history. Some of 
the mining shafts are over three-fifths of a mile in depth, and the excavations 
in tunnels, etc., would aggregate scores of miles. The town is picturesquely 
located on what is really a spur of the Sierra Nevada that breaks away from 
the main ridge near Carson. The view in all directions is one of unsurpassed 
grandeur. Although situated on the side of a high mountain and upon a 
seemingly inaccessible location, Virginia City compares favorably in all mat- 
ters of modern improvement with any town in the west. 

39. DEVIL'S SLIDE A parallel ridge of sharply serrated granite out- 
croppings that extend from the summit to the base of the south wall of Weber 
Caiion, Utah. The steep, inclined avenue between these abrupt walls is now 
overgrown with grass, wild flowers, and vines, suggesting the idea that prob- 
ably his Satanic Nibs has found quite enough to attend to further west, and 
has let his favorite slide go to grass. 

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40- PORTLAND, OREGON. Portland the centre of trade and i>oiJula- 
tion of Oiv-on, is sitiuUcd on the Willamette River, twelve miles aljove the 
Columbia, and, although about a hundred miles from the ocean, is practically 
a seaport town, as these rivers are navigable for ocean steamers and large 
ships as tar up as Poitland. 'I'liis young, bustling town is the commercial 
and geographical centre of a grand tcrritorv, whose resources are vast and 
varied: timlter, minerals, arable lauds, etc., etc.. and this too in a state where 
there has never been a failure in crops. 

41. DONNER LAKE. (On the C. 1'. R. R. Elevation, 6130 ft.) 
Donner Lake is nestled down behind the summit of the Sierra, and is called 
the bright particular jewel of the mounlains. There are on its shores 
magniticent pine forests, which extend away up into the clouds, and in its 
clear mirror scores of snowy peaks aie reflected. Trout swarm in its cool 
depths, pleasure boats skim over its shining surface, and at night the stars 
come down to bathe in its pellucid bosom. 

42. LAKE TAHOE. (12 miles by stage from the C. P. R. R. Eleva- 
tion, 6200 ft.) This great lake wonder covers an area of one hundred and 
ninety-live scjuare miles. It is a place of great resort on account of its clear, 
invigorating atmosphere, charming scenery, and the opportunities for sport 
and recreation on its waters. It is one of the greatest creations of that 
magnificent cluster of wonders found in what is called the "High Sierra," 
a territory extending south from Tahoe to Mount Whitney. Its waters are 
l)erfectly pure, blue, and cold, and as transparent as the sky. Sailing across 
its surface has been likened to a voyage in a balloon. 

43 & 44. "WILLAMETTE FALLS. At Oregon Cit}-, Oregon, the whole 
volume of the Willamette River falls over a blutf that extends across the 
stream, furnishing not only an exceedingly picturesque and stupendous 
waterfall, but the finest power perhaps in the United States. Moreover, it 
furnishes the angler an oppor'ainity, at certain seasons, of testing his skill in 
landing a twentv-pound salmcn. There are locks here connecting the upper 
and lower waters of the river. The shores are bold and forest-crowned, and 
the general features of the country are of particular scenic interest. 

45. SANTA BARBARA MISSION. fSouthern California.) This 
mission was founded on Dec. 4. 17S6. the date of the celebration of the feast 

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of ?%.inta Barbara. It is one of the must interesting and well preserved of the 
old mission buildings. It has always oeen under the control of the Franciscan 
Order of Friars, who now utilize it as a college building. It occupies the 
most beautiful and commanding site of any building in Santa Barbara, and is 
an object of great interest to strangers. 

46. MOSSBRAE FALLS. (On the Shasta Route.) Mossbrae Falls 
are located about one and three-quarter miles above Upper Soda Springs. 
They are scattered along the mountain side for about half a mile, and are 
not so much noted for their great height or the roar of their waters as for the 
charm of their surroundings. They steal down with a quiet rustle over great 
banks of mosses and ferns, and fall with a musical gurgle into the river below. 
These falls furnish an abundant supply of ice water even in dog-days ; in fact, 
their temperature in summer is about as low as in winter. 



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